While school shopping in Diagon Alley, Harry, Ron, and Hermione observe Draco suspiciously slipping into Knockturn Alley. Narcissa asks Snape to make an Unbreakable Vow to protect her son, Draco, and to carry out a task, should he fail.
Elsewhere, Bellatrix Lestrange and her sister, Narcissa Malfoy secretly seek out Severus Snape at his home. Slughorn agrees only after meeting the famous Harry Potter. First, they visit retired Hogwarts professor Horace Slughorn, whom Dumbledore wants to resume his former post. Dumbledore unexpectedly arrives to escort Harry to the Weasleys' home. Meanwhile, Harry, grieving his late godfather, Sirius Black, endures another summer at the Dursleys. New Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, meets with the Muggle prime minister to discuss recent wizarding events affecting the non-magical world. The considerable character development of Harry and many other teenage characters also drew attention. Some considered the main themes love, death, trust, and redemption. Reviewers noted that the book had a darker tone than its predecessors, though it did contain some humour. Reception to the novel was generally positive, and it won several awards and honours, including the 2006 British Book of the Year award. There were many controversies before and after it was published, including the right-to-read copies delivered before the release date in Canada.
It sold almost seven million copies in the first 24 hours after its release, a record eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United States by Scholastic on 16 July 2005, as well as in several other countries. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of the boy wizard's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor Albus Dumbledore. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by British author J. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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